Losin' It

Losin' It


Starring:Tom Cruise, Jackie Earle Haley, John Stockwell, John P. Navin Jr., Shelley Long, Henry Darrow, Hector Elias, Daniel Faraldo, Mario Marcelino, Rick Rossovich, James Victor, Kale Browne, Enrique Castillo, Cornelio Hernandez, Hector Morales, Santos Morales, John Valby, Laura James, Victoria Wells, Rita Rogers
Director: Curtis Hanson
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD
Losin' It
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Master of the Rare Laserdiscs Movies
  • THEY'RE LOSIN' IT ABUSING IT!!!!
  • Great fun, made even better by bright and talented cast
  • People think this is funny??
  • You're Losin' It, Abusin' it if you don't like it
 Losin' It
Starring: Tom Cruise , Jackie Earle Haley , John Stockwell , John P. Navin Jr. , and Shelley Long
Director: Curtis Hanson
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0000542CI
Release Date: 2001-02-06

Description

Tom Cruise (Magnolia, Top Gun) has everything to gainand a certain something to losewhen he crosses paths with Shelley Long ("Cheers," The Brady Bunch Movie) in this rambunctious road-trip comedy set in the wild and wacky sixties. A wild, irreverent and totally out-of-control trip down memory lane, this high-octane Baja excursion has laughs coming as fast as a Tijuana taxi! When all-American high-schooler Woody (Cruise) and his Sinatra-obsessed pal Dave (Jackie Earle Haley, Nemesis) decide that it's time to lose their virginity, they enlist the help of their "more experienced" friend Spider (John Stockwell, Top Gun) and head south of the border. Now, in a hilariously raunchy search for cheap boozeand even cheaper thrillsthe intrepid trio will run into fast-food floozies, crooked cops and a close encounter with a doubting would-be divorcÃ(c)e (Long) that will change Woody's life forever!

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Master of the Rare Laserdiscs Movies.......2005-07-10

LOSIN'IT is One of Tom Cruise's greatest 80s movies,I have it on LASERDISC AND DVD too,go get it,you'll love it :P

5 out of 5 stars THEY'RE LOSIN' IT ABUSING IT!!!!.......2004-09-05

I LIKED THIS MOVIE. THE FIRST, TIME I SAW IS WHEN I WAS A KID. I HAD SAW IT IN THE STORE AND I HAD TO HAVE IT. IT STARS YOUNG TOM CRUISE SHELLY LONG AND OTHER STARS I LIKE THIS MOVIE IF YOU LIKE CLASSIC 80'S MOVIES THEN YOU WOULD DEFINITELY LIKE THIS MOVIE AND THEREFORE, I WOULD RECOMMEND ANYONE WHO LIKE ROAD TRIP MOVIES TO BUY THIS MOVIE.

5 out of 5 stars Great fun, made even better by bright and talented cast.......2004-06-15

I first saw Losin' It on HBO in the early 1980's. It seems to have retained a certain something that demands repeat viewings, at least for me. Despite the "name" stars, Tom Cruise (in a pre-Top Gun role) and Shelley (I should have stayed on "Cheers") Long, this fun roadtrip film to Tijuana, Mexico is stolen away from them by Jackie Earle Haley as the sex-crazed, would-be Frank Sinatra, "Dave", who is on a quest for the mythical aphrodisiac, Spanish Fly and John P. Navin, Jr. as the capitalist kid, "Wimp", (my name is "Wendal"!!), who finances the trip in exchange for coming along to buy cheap fireworks to sell back home in California at a premium. One of the funniest scenes in the film takes place during an attempt by "Dave" to buy Spanish Fly in a Tijuana pharmacy. There are all the usual teen sex comedy gags, language and humor and some is unfortunately, quite tasteless and there is some brief nudity, as well. But, the bright and talented cast still manage to shine through and overcome things that might have diminished the efforts of other performers. It's definitely male, adolescent humor and not for all tastes or for those who are easily offended. But, all-in-all, it is a very funny film and is light-years better than other teen sex comedies, such as "Porky's", with it's forgetable cast of mostly unknowns who stayed that way. The exceptional cast of "Losin' It is this film's strength and they carry it. There is also some nice 1950's and 1960's music. I can personally highly recommend it to those who are looking for a fun film.

1 out of 5 stars People think this is funny??.......2003-10-26

I bought this (luckily used for very cheap) after reading some of these reviews on Amazon. I didn't laugh at anything; the characters were too painfully one-dimensional. Even Cruise in an early part of his career (although post-Outsiders, which was a pretty good performance) was wooden.

The story is pretty standard fare for the "teen adventure comedy" and everything ends on an upbeat note.

A strange thing was that I thought it was set in or around 1983, when it was made - yes, Dave drives a '57 Chevy, but a lot of motorhead kids in my high school (in 1983) did similar. I did notice the Tijuana cop drove a 50's style car (not sure of model) but just assumed that public services in Tijuana couldn't afford anything more modern. But at the end, when they were queued up at customs, ALL the cars were 50s-types. I thought perhaps it was going to be some joke about a classic car rally - but since there wasn't, I can only conclude that this movie was taking place in the late '50s. You wouldn't know it from the story though - only from the cars.

Anyway, even if a TV channel was showing it for free, it's not worth watching. Lame, lame, lame. Watch "The Night Before" starring Keanu Reeves and you will be much more entertained (and intrigued) in a movie that has a similar kind of "high school kids in trouble after hours" feel.

5 out of 5 stars You're Losin' It, Abusin' it if you don't like it.......2003-01-14

This has to be one of the most underrated teen movies in the 1980's, and I've been a fan of this movie since I was 14 and now that I'm 22, I still love this movie.

The story is about 3 high school seniors Dave (the Frank Sinatra/sex obsessed pal) Woody (the sensitive intellegent person) and Spyder (a tough boy from a broken home) who plan a trip to Tijuana in search of sex, but the plan backfires as Dave's little brother Wendel 'Wimp' comes along with them as well as a runaway bride (Shelley Long)
As they arrive in Tijuana, the boys go out and look for a good time and later they meet the crooked cops, insane marine sailors and junkyard ruffians and they decide to get out of Tijuana and make it across the border.

Even though this movie has a little plot, it's fun to watch this movie and it truly deserves more recognition with today's youth. This movie is alot better than today's teen flicks.

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